[ovirt-devel] FAIL: testEnablePromisc (ipwrapperTests.TestDrvinfo) - bad test? ci issue?

[Dan Kenigsberg]

On Wed, Jan 06, 2016 at 09:29:46AM +0200, Edward Haas wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Strange, the logging below shows the 'promisc on' commands was successful.
> Unfortunately, the logs/run/job archive is no longer available.
> 
> The check itself is asymmetric: We set it using iproute2 (command) and
> read it using netlink.
> At the least, we should add some more info on failure (like link state
> details)
> Adding to my TODO.
> 
> Thanks,
> Edy.
> 
> On 01/05/2016 06:10 PM, Nir Soffer wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > We see this failure again in the ci - can someone from networking take a look?

I'm guessing that it is a race due to the asynchrony of netlink.
If so, this patch should solve the issue in one location
    https://gerrit.ovirt.org/#/c/51410/